Sacagawea Sacagawea /səˌkɑːɡəˈwiːə/ & Lewis and Clark The knowledge of Sacagawea of the peoples and the circles was part of the success of the expedition. She saved the expedition at least twice from a failure: - when she avoided the loss of food, of supplies and documents in rapids - when the expedition met the Shoshone tribe. At first, they were hostile to their passage. The leader of the tribe was her brother named Cameahwait. She could have stayed with him and her people but decided to continue the exploration. Her exploit is all the more great as she gave birth to a son, Jean-Baptiste or “Pompy”, during the expedition, and she had to undergo the ill-treatment of her husband throughout the route in spite of a critical health caused by a disease which caused her death at the age of 25. Her History Sacagawea or Sakakawea or Sacajawea was a Shoshone Lemhi woman. She was born on 1788 in Idaho in the USA and she died on 20th December in 1812 in Fort Lisa. Her husband was Toussaint Charbonneau and her children were Jean Batiste Charbonneau and Lizette Charbonneau. She had a brother : Cameahwait Sacagawea = Little bird HER REMOVAL She was abducted of the age of 11 by Hidatsa and lived with them as a slave. « Won » when gambling by Toussaint Charbonneau, a Canadian-French trapper who married her, she was, at the age of 15 the interpreter and guide of the Lewis and Clark expedition In her memory - Lake Sakakawea was created in 1956 in North Dakota - Sacagawea River, a river of the Montana - US SACAGAWEA, name of several ships of the United States Navy -The asteroid (2822) Sacajawea -A coin of a dollar, since the year 2000 which represents her portrait and that of her son. Her tribute She is registered on the Women's National Hall of Fame Movies ● Movies for Sacagawea as THE NIGHT IN MUSEUM or she appeared in Pocahontas or play in the move for Sacagawea . .